The problem has not gone away. I was able to obtain the needed
functionality by working around synaptic.
I have system that cannot be fully updated using
synaptic or the related update manager. initscripts is always listed by
update manager as not being upgradeable. Every update is reported as "only
partial upgrade possible". Any attempt using synaptic to reinstall
iniscripts or the related utilities produces a failure with the error
message which you say is bogus. Whether or not it is bogus it stops
synaptic and upgrade manager from working properly.
My conjecture was that the compiled package contains an incorrect
statement of dependency. I don't know much about building packages but
I thought that specifications were manually written and incorporated. If
an incorrect dependency was written in the specification, the installers
still treat that dependency as real.
Dale Alspach
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From: Devid Antonio Filoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:10:08 -0000
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Subject: [Bug 254015] Re: Incorrect dependency
I'm marking this as Invalid because upstart-compat-sysv package doesn't
install a manpage called last.1, so there is no conflicts. Please reopen
this bug if the problem will reappear.
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: New =3D> Invalid
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Incorrect dependency
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254015
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Status in =E2=80=9Cupstart=E2=80=9D source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Bug description:
Binary package hint: upstart
Using synaptic to install upstart-compat-sysv reports an error overwriting =
man pages from sysvutils.
"trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/last.1.gz', which is also in pack=
age sysvutils"
Synaptic insists it needs to install sysvinit-utils which is not listed on =
package page as a dependency.
This is on Ubuntu 8.04
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